017598 Accession Number: 017598

Description

New Guinea. A smiling US General MacArthur and party land on the beach on Morotai Island in the Moluccas where the Stars and Stripes has just been unfurled.

Details

Accession Number
017598
Photographer
Jack Band
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
22 September 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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